Hundreds of farmers on Thursday gathered here at UP gate border on early morning leading to the closure of National Highway 24 towards Delhi.
The people coming to Delhi, they had to face a lot of trouble in reaching their destination. Farmers on Thursday also blocked the NH 24 elevated road even on the Delhi Meerut Expressway.
Following the protest by farmers, the IG Praveen Kumar, District Magistrate Dr Ajay Shankar Pandey, SSP Kalanithi Naithani, reached the spot and urged farmers to leave way for commuters.
Farmers at UP Gate raised slogans against the central government said that now the patience of the farmer is broken, it will not be tolerated.
Farmers from Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur, Meerut, Baghpat joined the protestors on Thursday. Farmers blocked the Delhi Meerut National Highway Expressway which led to long queues.
Bhartiya Kisan Union Tikait has also convened at the Maha Panchayat UP Gate. The police also barricaded the border and there was a jam situation on NH 9 since morning. Long queues of vehicles were seen from Vijayanagar to UP gate.
Rajeev Kumar, who works in Delhi said that he had left for his office at Connaught Place an hour earlier in the morning in view of the anticipation of a mahapanchayat but he faced a jam near Hindon river and was stuck in a jam for hours.
IG Praveen Kumar said that the police and security forces are constantly monitoring the law and order situation. “No person will be allowed to take law in his hands,” he said.